Mugs 'n' stuff - Mechanism

How are we going to run the logistics of the Pharo merchandising?

I have run a small business selling domain specific t-shirts, hats etc and I had a small online store running on a web server.
That's nice from the point of view that it's sole purpose is the domain, but on the down side then it is a business with someone looking after stock and mailing etc.

CafePress is an alternative. It seems pretty good at first glance. You can create your own designs and they do all the manufacture and shipping. The prices look ok and they are global. On te down side you are part of a massive base of products. I haven't looked in depth yet. There may be pitfalls.

Anybody have any experience of them or any other suggestions?

> How are we going to run the logistics of the Pharo merchandising?
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> I have run a small business selling domain specific t-shirts, hats etc and I
> had a small online store running on a web server.
> That's nice from the point of view that it's sole purpose is the domain, but
> on the down side then it is a business with someone looking after stock and
> mailing etc.

Yes not something that we want to do :)

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> CafePress is an alternative. It seems pretty good at first glance. You can
> create your own designs and they do all the manufacture and shipping. The
> prices look ok and they are global. On te down side you are part of a
> massive base of products. I haven't looked in depth yet. There may be
> pitfalls.
>
> Anybody have any experience of them or any other suggestions?

In the past we did some mugs and tshirt for squeak and the squeak foundation
with cafePress. I was ok. Now they probably improved. I hope :)



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Zazzle is another site that could give us a range of international sites.
(I'm guessing this model would keep costs and delivery times down for the consumer)